garda

See also: Garda, gardă, gardā, and gárda

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Irish garda; doublet of guard.

Noun

garda (plural gardai)

1. (Ireland) A member of the Irish national police force, the Gardaí.
   • 2004, Ken Bruen, The Guards^[1], ISBN 0312320272, page 38:

     A garda was ambling towards us.

Anagrams

• Agard

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.da/

Verb

garda

1. third-person singular past historic of garder

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Galician

Verb

garda

1. third-person singular present indicative of gardar
2. second-person singular imperative of gardar

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Gothic

Romanization

garda

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰

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Irish

Alternative forms

• gárda (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French guarde.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠd̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæːɾˠd̪ˠə/

Noun

garda m (genitive singular garda, nominative plural gardaí)

1. police officer, patrolman
2. escort
3. guard

Declension

Declension of garda

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative garda gardaí Vocative a gharda a ghardaí Genitive garda gardaí Dative garda gardaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an garda na gardaí Genitive an gharda na ngardaí Dative leis an ngarda don gharda leis na gardaí

Synonyms

• constábla
• garda síochána
• péas
• póilín

Derived terms

Terms derived from garda

• bangharda (“policewoman”)
• dul ar garda (“to mount guard”)
• Garda
• garda abhann (“river guard”)
• garda a sheasamh (“to stand guard, sentinel”)

• garda coille (“forest guard”)
• garda cosanta (“bodyguard”)
• garda cósta (“coastguard”)
• garda cuain (“harbour guard”)
• garda gradaim (“guard of honour”)

• gardáil (“guard”, verb)
• garda rámha (“oar-guard, clamp”)
• garda saighdiúirí (“guard, body, of soldiers”)
• garda tine (“fire-guard”)

• garda traenach (“railway guard”)
• garda truicir (“trigger-guard”)
• seomra garda (“guardroom”)
• teach garda (“guardhouse”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
garda	gharda	ngarda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "garda" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “copper” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “fender” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “guard” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “policeman” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “sentry” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Latvian

Adjective

garda

1. genitive singular masculine form of gards
2. nominative singular feminine form of gards

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Novial

Verb

garda (past gardad, active participle gardant, passive participle gardat)

1. to guard

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡâːrda/
• Hyphenation: gar‧da

Noun

gȃrda f (Cyrillic spelling га̑рда)

1. guard (of a sovereign or an army commander)

Declension

Declension of garda

	singular	plural
nominative	garda	garde
genitive	garde	garda
dative	gardi	gardama
accusative	gardu	garde
vocative	gardo	garde
locative	gardi	gardama
instrumental	gardom	gardama